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The Man Who Filed Her Death: Sleep Shots and Stolen Wages

The Man Who Filed Her Death: Sleep Shots and Stolen Wages

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The Man Who Filed Her Death: Sleep Shots and Stolen Wages

Heat, irrigation runoff and a buried canvas bag held two glass ampoules and a commissary receipt tied to one man - found a year after migrant worker Donna Lane was declared dead of "heatstroke" with no physician exam. Who signed a doctor's name on her death certificate, and why did a complaint about "sleep shots" lead to wage deductions days later?

In this episode, we tell the story of Donna Lane and the paperwork, receipts, and buried evidence that unraveled her official cause of death. You will hear how a year-old discovery forced an investigator to ask whether a camp supervisor used his authority to hide a killing.

Person: Donna Lane
Date: October 4, 1937
Location: Calloway Flats, San Joaquin Valley, Tule County, California
Person: Dale Chambers
Event: Complaint filed August 14, 1937 alleging "sleep shots"

- A canvas bag buried eighteen inches deep contained two glass ampoules and a rubber-tipped veterinary syringe.
- A folded commissary receipt inside the bag was made out to one man and dated five days before Donna Lane was found.
- Donna Lane was found face-up in four inches of standing water on October 4, 1937, fully clothed and already stiffening.
- The death certificate filed that night listed "heatstroke with secondary drowning" and named Dr. Philip Osgood as the examining physician.
- Dr. Osgood's logbook placed him sixty miles away at a medical conference in Bakersfield on October 3 and 4, 1937.

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